The Value of Culinary Education: Evaluating Educational Costs, Job Placement Outcomes, and Satisfaction With Value of Associate Degree Culinary and Baking Arts Program Graduates by Jean L. Hertzman and John Maas
This article tries to evaluate the educational costs, job placement outcomes and satisfaction with value of associate degree graduates. It tries to ascertain whether the job in which a person is placed satisfy his or her educational qualification. It also tries to know the cost of an associate degree in culinary or baking and pastry arts which varies significantly on whether the program is housed in public, private, for profit or nonprofit institutions. The cost of education and its value is also another another concern of this article. The question of whether the private institutions provide quality knowledge than the public institution is another issue of this article .The hypothesis of this article may include no significant differences between the cost and institutions attended. There is no significance differences in methods of payment used to finance degree, no significance differences first placement of employment, job title or salary based on the type of institution attended.
The article used surveying method. Chefs with associate degrees were surveyed regarding the cost of and methods of paying for the program, their first place of work and salary, job title, current salary and whether they satisfy their value of education. The initial draft was reviewed for clarity and content validity by industry chefs and culinary hospitality educators .The survey was divided into different sections, first participants were asked their educational background, first place of employment, and first salary and the current employment and finally they were asked general question concerning their culture
The results were differences in the payments based on the school attended; there were differences in methods of payment of the program, there were differences in salary. The article only gives out specific areas of study. I would all the fields. This article suggests that there should be uniformity in academic qualifications and job placements.
The Testing Model of student Retention: A Case Study by Richard Wilkinson
The article has its basis being the satisfaction of the students of hospitality as they seek to pursue their course as demanded by the industry. The research question in the article is about the testing for reliability of the used variables for satisfaction of these students by the course. Secondly, the research seeks to answer the question on the goodness of fit of the model used to approach the first research question.
The research question in the research was approach using survey research methodology. The survey instrument being a questionnaire of 41 questions which were measured under the likert scale in addition to 39 questions which were directed to one of the variables of the research study variables. Approximately 250 students participated in the case study.
The results for the instrument reliability confirmed the instrument’s factorability. The analysis to determine this was based on the correlation of the data on the 41 items collected from 102 students who completed the research questioning. 22% of the correlated items exceeded 0.30 mark on the scale. A continued analysis for the other factors was also done with result confirming factorability and scale loading factor of 0.4 for items considered part of the study. Factor analysis also yielded a KMO of 0.7. The methodology testing result for the 30 students showed that none of the student dropped before completing the first semester but 7 dropped before program completion. Chi-square analysis of the model showed that the model is good of fit.
The number of research items (30) surveyed for the fitness of the testing model is much less an unrepresentative for a population of 250 enrolled students though the population of the research is not determined but estimated. The significant would have been 50 items and above. The two proposed models for the study are significant for use and confirm that the article brings to awareness of readers on the testability of satisfaction based on surveying the recipient of services.
Show me your service: The Paradigm of Student customer Satisfaction Revisited by Juline Mills, Karen Graham, Maha Jeha, Yong Sue Kim, and Joan Marie Clay
The research question in the article is on a proposal and testing of the proposed instrument for measuring satisfaction of students belonging to hospitality department of the university based on evaluation of services provided. The methodologies used in the research study included a pilot study carried at the University of North Texas. The testing for applicability of the methodology aimed at lower level of the school structure and thus the students from the School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management were identified for the testing. The school had 409 students eligible for participation in the research. The students were to list their response as per the 27 listed questions presented for the research. The questions were put into four categories as follows; advising, facilities, curriculum and faculty. The overall question on rating the general satisfaction with the school was also asked.
Depending on the various specifications of students assessed and the categories of the research variables the result showed that the rating for faculty to respond for their inquiries was high at a mean of 4.36. The students also had agreed for the faculty knowledge ability. The average rating for faculty was 4.07. The average mean rating for curriculum was at 2.08. The result for advising visits was averaged at 1.93 per year. The mean average for overall satisfaction averaged at 4.72.
The survey targeted the general satisfaction of students in the whole nation and thus the sampling of one university is not significant for the generalization of the whole trend. The survey could have covered at least two universities best rated and lowly rated. The research gives a wider perspective of approaching satisfaction determination based on researching on the item of services.
Packing for the trip: A model of competencies for successful expatriate Hospitality assignment by Gina Fe Causin and Baker Ayoun
The article as its research question being addressing the question of why the failure of expatriates and thus there required skills and personality as per the international standards. The development of well-trained and motivated expatriate is a requirement for success in the international market.
The article presents a survey method to carry out the study. The targeted population consisted of the members International Hotel and Restaurant Association which consisted of the food and lodging services and hospitality properties. The targeted population was represented by the expatriates’ executives for the various hospitality services. The survey included a piloting testing and main survey.
The research findings generalized that the hospitality expatriates possessed commonality to moderation through to a wider extent. The concluded results for the study showed that successful expatriates does not depend on the personal and familial relationship expertise or the arena of internal understanding under the analysis based on global management skills, expatriate adjustment to situations and personal competence.
The research based its methodology on personal factors as the only arenas that can affect the performance of expatriates in the international market. There are other factors like the general external environment and the background experience of the expatriate which require to be factored into the research methodology. The article makes a contribution of analyzing and bringing into light the personality aspect of expatriates in relation to their performance.
Cross cultural Training for Expatriate Hotel Managers: An Exploratory Study, Ben Dewald and John.T.self, Collins College of hospitality management, California state polytechnic university, Pomona versionof record first published: 12 Dec 2008.
The paper looks at cross cultural training of expatriate hotel managers in China to help adjust to the living and working in a foreign environment. The findings show that even though there is a substantial amount spent on expatriate managers’ compensation, the amount that is actually occurring is limited because CCT is undervalued. Expatiate management is required when companies experience shortages of local skilled management, when companies wish to broaden specific manager’s experience by giving them international experience, exert management control or begin new ventures by entering new territories. For a business to succeed it depends on the manager’s decision as the manager bases his decision on different cultural backgrounds.
The research was done through cross section of multi-national hotel chains that utilized expatriate managers. Three stage research procedure was used by first of all through pre-interview questionnaire which were sent to each of the chain’s Regional Directors of Training and staffing and training background along with their demographic information.The second stage consisted of one hour in-depth interviews and the last stage consisted of in-depth content analysis of the interview questions which yielded useful information.
The overall level of CCT received by expatriates’ hotel managers in the PRC was found to be minimal. Local management and owners believed that CCT was unnecessary and ineffective as they need finances. There was also dilemma as directors could not provide finances as the upper management felt that there was no need.
